The Race to Be Myself
New York, NY : Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W. W. Norton & Company, [2024]
Format: Book
Edition: Young readers edition.
Description: 223 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
"In this memoir for young readers, Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya reflects on her groundbreaking career and her fight for identity in professional sports. Caster Semenya is a two-time Olympic gold medalist and a three-time world champion in track from South Africa. Since her first spectacular performance at the 2009 World Championship in Berlin, she has been at the center of a growing debate about female eligibility rules in professional athletics because of her naturally high testosterone levels. After she was forced to take devastating hormone-altering drugs in order to continue competing, this debate has moved to center stage in the future of inclusivity for professional athletes. In this middle grade adaptation of her debut adult memoir, Caster recounts her childhood growing up in a small village in South Africa, the love for and acceptance of her identity from her community, and her trailblazing fight for the right to compete in professional sports. The Race to Be Myself is an illuminating and necessary story of identity and self-acceptance that will resonate with young readers"--Publisher's website.
Subjects:
Semenya, Caster, 1991- -- Juvenile literature.
Intersex athletes -- South Africa -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women runners -- South Africa -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Olympic athletes -- South Africa -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Intersex people -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Intersexuality -- Juvenile literature.
Gender identity -- Juvenile literature.
Gender nonconformity -- Juvenile literature.
Resilience (Personality trait) -- Juvenile literature.
Identity (Psychology) -- Juvenile literature.
Semenya, Caster, 1991- -- Juvenile literature.
Intersex athletes -- South Africa -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women runners -- South Africa -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Olympic athletes -- South Africa -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Intersex people -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Intersexuality -- Juvenile literature.
Gender identity -- Juvenile literature.
Gender nonconformity -- Juvenile literature.
Resilience (Personality trait) -- Juvenile literature.
Identity (Psychology) -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
9781324030973
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
T BIOGRAPHY Semenya, Caster | Main (Downtown) | Teen Biography | Coming Soon |
T BIOGRAPHY Semenya, Caster | Northeast Indoors | Teen Biography | In |
"Adapted from The Race to Be Myself: A Memoir"--Title page verso.